The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-11-23

monthly fD~t-DuSH, WHICH iHl breu the F
wonder and MY Of the admiration pub I
lie since almost before Lotto was born
eOh, Doctor, she said, / eame - ask
if You would be 80 kind a 10 gise me
three or four Of those lovely bul-f
What fort' growled the doctor SAY
agcly.
You see" She began, J wanted 10
maxi something pretty for a birthday
cir for friend, hut ! could not
choking ii little and | had almost
given up hopes of anything. when this
morning, as | glanced down the road. /
your beautiful roses seemed - Say.
Come after Us. so here ] ain. Flo"er,
are always nice TO give, you know. and
/ bad none"
Inmph Why couldn't you make what
you wanted to-
Aunt Iet;a would not let me.
"iIumph! Is not Henrietta llenslaw
good to youE lac demanded, brStling up.
"Oh, yes, as kind a. can be. But She
does not believe in birthday gifts She
says"
"lladnt you any money YOURSELF
No.
She might give You cent Of two
| from time to time; then you would have
a fund 10 draw from.
"Oh, Size does | had So Monday that
| had not needed To use, But | SAW Jcn-
nie and 'fommie ElroY. with the little
bare toes peeping out from their old
shoes, and
80 you squandcred your money t.
clothe the feet Of those little yagabond,f
growled the doctor. wondering Why he
hadn seen the bare toes.
"Yes, got shoes and the incest stock
ing~ Jennie cried and cried when she
Rugged me because She was 81 glad re-
lated Lotto, her quick tears starting.
The do. tor rubbed his knuckles vim I
dictiVcly in his Own eyes
"Wcll. little miss, il you had known
You could not get any more money for
yon llummeryS, would you lave spent all
you had ON the little beggar>:'
Il don't know; | hope 50; I'm sorry
YOU asked me. really thing | should T
But did want the other 81 dTvadfully /
that might have saved GU littlc.
You could have got brown stockings.
80 could, But gucss III glad | /
did not: the red ones are 80 much pref
tier, and the poor like pretty things a.
well as the rich.
The doctor looked pondcringly on the
little mis-. She was pretty creature,
and a> innocent IL she MIS- pretty. /
Though She was II, her looks and APP
pearance would harijy have claimed for
her fifteen well rounded years
ut is Il bridal rose, said L1ttie. keep
ing her errand in mind as she looked
admrngly into the great bush, whose
beautiful blossoms rivaled the whitcnc~s
of the snow.
"lIumph. | suppose SO. You would
not think that it had spoiled a wedding
But it did; just fifteen year- ago this
day
l.ottie looked in alarm at the white,
treacherons thing
you would not think, either, that a
gruh' old fe low like me could ever have
got woman to say that she would have
him"
"Oh, yes | would said Lott; Il
think You are the incest man in the
world except
Except whom
Il was going To say-ilatry.'
,EXCrcdngly tine compliment You are
paving me You expect some If my
flowers for that tid-bit of haitery."
Lotte aid not reply, but looked in such
Consideration from the roSchush 10 him /
self that the doctor could hut smile
You would like 10 hear the story
Well. it never came from my lips he
fore, little miss but will give it 10 YOU
loa see | had been Il medical student /
under old DR.. West. and when he died |
got my diploma and Ntrck my Shiuglc out
her Soon after that | got acquainted
with AS trim a built girl IA You often see,
and after while somehow or other, |
we become engaged. | was young and
had my way to make, and we resolved to
wait Two years before settling down.
over back of the hill yondcr there lived IA
.irl Nancy Brown. a pretty. pale Great
IRE. who seemed Just ready II - oil to
the agncls was called To- attend her,
and wanted To do my best knew
they could never pay me a cent. and per-
hans for that very reason went a little
often than needed. Nancy had one
precious thing-hcr rosebud; small then,
but giving promise of great things 1t /
did seem AS if everybody bcgrudgcd it to
her. for half the town. in one WAY or
another. sought to make it worth her
while to give it up.
perhaps the motives were good hut
thou0h Nancy was in comparative
poverty, no gold was yellow enough to-
huy her one treasure Well. her fragity
proved not to be incipicnt consumption.
after all. and me went on until within
tv,nty-four hours of my wedding dav,
and that morning was in my Office here
on the watch for my sNcetheart. who
soon, all smiles and bushes with the
consciousness that it was the last time
AS n maiden came tripping down the
street. | went out to meet her. This
bush, not half as large as it is now, stood
here in my window
'rOh. SAID ms bride that was To bee.
in n pretty raptur Nancy has sold vnu
her rose? Did YOU cross it root and
branches with silver coin2"
Not l. Nancy gave it 10 me of her
own sweet will
proud face.
II thought. she said, that your visits
there were more frequent than h,r i'll
mes, called for You love her, and If Yon
are fair to her Won are false 10 me
Il made sharp reply She had charg-
ed me with donblr-dealiug We wrrc
both terribly angry. The next morning
vc were to have been married That
was fifteen years ago. and We have never
spoken together since. Nancy WAS going
away to fulhll a promise made in child
hood. and She gave me her rose because
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